[lagom-languages-deactivated2022]

B1/B2 is the worst level of language learning to be at bc when ur C1 and people ask you if you speak a language, ur like hell ya bitch i do, and when ur A1/A2 ur like umm not really, but when you’re B1/B2 it’s like??? do i speak that language???

[mostly-byelingual]

nobody:

literally no one:

language learners after hearing a word in a foreign language once: I'm learning it

[theradioghost]

when the times get rough and I lose sight of the goal i just. reread “the orange” by wendy cope again & remember. that’s where I’m going folks. sooner or later, whatever it takes.

[theradioghost]

At lunchtime I bought a huge orange— The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave— They got quarters and I had a half.

And that orange, it made me so happy, As ordinary things often do Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park. This is peace and contentment. It’s new.

The rest of the day was quite easy. I did all the jobs on my list And enjoyed them and had some time over. I love you. I’m glad I exist.

– “The Orange,” Wendy Cope

[zoryanavesna]

5 essential tricks for language learners

Speak more often then read or write something.

If you can`t memorize a word or a phrase, a) sing it, b) shout it, c) pronounce it as the rudest swear word in your native language.

Read aloud the articles and essays you really love. In the beginning, our tongue will ache as fuck, but your pronunciation will really get better. Even if there`s no one near to point your mistakes.*

If you see a word with abstract meaning, immediately make a collocation with a “simple” noun. e. g. Instead of learning what “to accustom” means, learn something like “I accustomed myself not to cry because of the high taxes” or “I`ve never been accustomed to working hard and I`m not going to start”

Watch the useless and strange videos on YouTube in your target language. There are many advantages in the crap like “Get Ready With Me” or “What is in my back?” First of all, they all contain almost similar phrases and word collocations. Watch 5 GRWM-videos and you`ll know for sure how to say “Hi, guys!”, “make-up”, “lipstick”, “really good” etc. Secondly, vloggers typically talk as if their audience is full of idiots. They repeat the same phrases dozens of times. And that`s! Don`t hesitate to feel foolish for 5 or 10 minutes straight. Surprisingly, the most unintellectual content will make you more competent and actually intellectual.

*If you feel that you really need a responsible buddy for language practice, join the #tumblrexchange challenge. Introduce yourself, your goals and preferences, and let`s practice together!

Here`s the detailed post about the language exchange. And here`s my own introduction (I offer to help with Russian and seeking smb to practice advanced English with).

[rachy-chel]

Whenever I have artblock I just do this

[mrdarcy]

Rewatched Pride and Prejudice (2005) yesterday ❤

[artdelivre]

“« Tu es le soleil, je suis l’ombre. Comment pourrais-je exister sans toi ? »”

— Jean-Claude Carrière, La Conférence des oiseaux

[minou-chan]

Things polyglots understand

Handing your phone to someone and seeing their look of bewilderment when they realize it’s in a foreign language

[your-casual-langblr]

some of you have never cried over a verb conjugation table and it shows

[sailorsally]

Hozier dropping his new album on the first day of spring like the Persephone he is

[coffeeandmoorland]

Sometimes I’m overwhelmed with the insatiable desire to learn. To know astronomy and geography and language and architecture; to recognize each constellation, planet, and star; to speak and understand all languages, be able to decipher ancient Greek and Latin text; to grow my understanding of how the human body works; study the differences and similarities of each religion; recognize the use for each herb and seed and sapling.

I want to better myself, not for fame or recognition or power. I just want to understand. 

[hannahbeelanguages]

Printemps - Vocabulaire français

Pieds nus - Barefoot Venteux - Breezy Lumineux - Bright Joyeux - Cheerful Ravissant - Delightful Floral - Floral Florissant - Flourishing Parfumé - Fragrant Frais - Fresh Doux - Gentle Herbeux - Grassy Inspirant - Inspiring Charmant - Lovely Luxuriante - Lush Magnifique - Magnificent Pastel - Pastel Tranquille - Peaceful Pluvieux - Rainy Rafraîchissant - Refreshing Ensoleillé - Sunny Vibrant - Vibrant Pâques - Easter La brise - Breeze Le lapin - Bunny La chenille - Caterpillar La jonquille - Daffodil La marguerite - Daisy Le champ - Field La fleur - Flower L'harmonie - Harmony La joie - Joy La coccinelle - Ladybug La prairie - Meadow Le nid - Nest La goutte de pluie - Raindrop Le rouge-gorge - Robin La tulipe - Tulip Gazouiller - to Chirp S’épanouir - to Flourish S’ébattre - to Frolic Renouveler - to Renew

[historical-nonfiction]

Color and Language

Many people are surprised to learn that different languages do not consider the basic colors to be the same. Some New Guinea Highland languages, for example, still have terms only for black and white (perhaps better translated as “dark” and “light”). Hanuno'o language, spoken in the Philippines, has only four basic color words: black, white, red and green. Pirahã language, spoken by an Amazonian tribe, is said to have no fixed words for colors. According to linguist Dan Everett, if you show them a red cup, they’re likely to say, “This looks like blood”. Some languages have color distinctions which are, well, foreign to native English speakers:

Latin originally lacked a generic color word for “gray” and “brown” and had to borrow its words from Germanic language sources.

Biblical Hebrew had no word for blue.

Navajo has one word for both grey and brown and one for blue and green. It has two for black, however, distinguishing the color of “coal” from that of “darkness”.

Russian, Italian, and Greek  have different basic words for darker and lighter shades of blue. 

Hungarian has two different basic red words – bordó (darker reds) and piros (lighter reds.)

Shona language (a Bantu language from Southern Africa) has no one word for our “green” concept; they have one word for yellowish-green, and a different word for bluish-green.

Hindi has no standard word for the color “gray”. However, lists for child or foreigner Hindi language learning include “saffron” [केसर] as a basic color.

In Gaelic glas can mean both “grey” and “green”– glasbheinn is “green mountain”; glais-fheur is “green grass.”

[aelfcynn]

May you find exactly what you want at the thrift shop, in your price range, next time you’re there.

[writetheworldfree]

can’t pass up this kinda karma

[iridessence]

and in your size

[moonlitsaiyan]

definitely cant pass it up now jeez

[deactivated-user-00008915842310]

honestly i think most girls these days feel this deep restless emptiness inside them because no one has access to a field or meadow anymore. you can’t run out of the kitchen with a scarf around your head until you find the nearest empty pasture with hay blowing gently in the wind and just lay in the grass for a long time and listen to the wind until whatever is terrible and hard has passed and you remember that you are made of earth and you will be earth again and then you pick a handful of queen anne’s lace and walk home. girls don’t have empty fields to run to anymore and somewhere deep inside they know that they are missing something vital, and they spend their lives looking for it.

[ampervadasz]

[maplebungus-deactivated20221118]

this is honest to god what we should all feel like at all times

[spraakward]

im not normally the type to show off on purpose but when i get the chance to translate something that nobody else around understands i feel like im more powerful than god